Shoe polish container



Dec. 30, 1958 B. B. GORDON EIAL 2,866,573

SHOE POLISH CONTAINER Filed April e, 1956 INVENTORS .Zru'g -15. GordonEmil Jfimmiy.

ATTORNEYS SHOE POLISH CONTAINER Bruce B. Gordon, Glen Rock, and Emil W.Kimmig,

Rutherford, N. J., assignors to Continental Can Comganyl", Inc., NewYork, N. Y., a corporation of New Application April 6, 1956, Serial No.576,615

l 1 Claim. (Cl. 220-43) The invention seeks to provide a novel form ofmetal receptacle particularly adaptable for the packaging of shoe polishor the like and which may be manufactured economically and is neat andattractive in appearance and includes a shallow body and a slip over orfriction cover.

An object of the invention is to provide a container of the characterstated wherein the body has a bottom and an upstanding body wall, saidwall having an outwardly directed strengthening bead extendingthereabout intermediately of the height of the wall, and an outwardlybulged wall portion spaced above the bead'and engageable in frictionalline contact with a-depending skirt on a slip cover mountable over theopen top of the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container of thecharacter stated wherein the cover skirt has an outwardly directedgenerally horizontal hem at its lower extremity and the body wallengages as a stop against the cover limiting downward movement thereofover the outwardly bulged friction wall portion to space the cover skirthem above the body bead and provide a space in which to receive a coinor other opening tool.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container of thecharacter stated wherein the body wall curves upwardly and outwardly andmerges into the body bead, said bead having a horizontal shelf portiondefining the lower limit of the coin receiving space, ,said body wallthen rising vertically from the inner terminus of the shelf and merginginto the outward bulge of thebody wall in the form of an outwardlydirected smoothly curved bead and then sloping upwardly and inwardlytoterminate in the cover stop taking the form of an outwardly turned,uprightlv dis osed open hem.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a container of thecharacter stated wherein the body bottom has an upwardly and outwardlysloping annulus and a central recess rising within the annulus, and thecover top has a central plateau rising above an inwardly and downwardlysloping annulus, the parts being dimensioned to permit stacking ofcontainers one on another with a top plateau received in a bottom recessand centered by contact in said recess of an upright wall joining thetop plateau with the surrounding top annulus and with the bottom annulusresting on the top annulus.

With the'above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear,the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by referenceto the following detailed description, the appended claim and theseveral views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the improved containerstructure.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross section and partelevation showing one side of a container and a portion of anothercontainer stacked thereon.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross the container body.

The improved container structure includes 'a'body 'or] bottomsectiongenerally designated 5 and aslip-over or friction cover generallydesignated 6, i

The body or bottom section has an annular upwardly and outwardly slopingbottom annulus 7 merging inwardly through a smooth curve into acenter-countersink 8,"and'; outwardly through" a smooth curve into anupright, up? wardly'and outwardly curving body wall 9. The wall 9 mergesthrough asmooth upward and inward curve '10" into a horizontal shelf 11which in turn merges through a smooth curve into a" verticalbody wall"12. The vertical wall'12 merges into an outwardly directed annular beadi 13 which merges into an upwardly and inwardly sloping upright wall 14terminating at its upper extremity in a vertically disposed outwardlyturned open hem 15 forming a cover stop, as illustrated in Figure 2.

The cover or top section 6 has a vertical skirt or flange 16 mergingthrough a smooth curve at its lower extremity into an outwardly turnedhorizontal flange 17 turned inwardly or back over itself in the form ofan open hem 18. The skirt 16 merges at its upper extremity through asmooth curve into a top annulus 19 which slopes slightly downwardly andinwardly as will be clearly apparent by reference to Figure 2. The topannulus 19 in turn merges through a smooth curve into an upright portion20 which merges through a smooth curve into a horizontal fiat center topportion or plateau 21.

When the cover is in place on the container body as shown in Figure 2the top annulus 19 rests on the body wall hem 15 as a stop and serves tospace the horizontal hem wall 17 above the horizontal bead wall 11 asindicated. This space, indicated at 22, serves to receive a coin orother prying tool which may be engaged between the walls 11 and 17 toconveniently pry the friction cover off the container body in the wellknown manner. The upper and lower walls 17 and 11 defining the coinreceiving space bear parallel relation and are relatively wide so as toprovide very efiicient prying surfaces facilitating easy removal of thecover from the container body in the manner stated.

Although the cover skirt 16 is vertical in repose, as will be apparentby reference to Figure 3, said skirt is bulged outwardly slightly as at23 by reason of the line contact thereof with the annular bead 13 of theupright body wall. This particular arrangement of parts provides for avery secure friction holding of the cover in place on the containerbody, and yet, because of the line contact, there will be no sticking orgalling of the cover on the body wall which will render difiicult theprocess or removal of the cover.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the body wall hem 15provides a? very efficient limiting stop for the cover, without thenecessity of providing other stop devices, and without the provision ofa raw metal edge at the upper extremity of the container body. Also, theoutward turning of the curl eliminates all possibility of an entrapmentof air in the head during filling of the container, such as might resultin provision of an unfavorable appearance of the container uponexpanding and escaping of air in contact with or adjacent hot 'fill inthe container body.

By reason of the like sloping of the bottom and top annuli 7 and 19, andthe upright portions provided at the junctures of the bottom countersink8 and the top plateau 21 with their respective annulus 7 or 19, a verystable nesting action is assured, resulting in very stable stack? ing ofcontainers one on another.

While one form of the invention has been shown for purposes ofillustration, it is to be clearly understood Patented Dec. '30,

section illustrating one side of the cover re oved from thatvarimn'changesin. the details of construction and appended claim.

1 cl im:

r In a container structure of the character described, abody. having abottom and an upstandjngbodywall curv: in; upwardly and outwardly andmerging through a well,

rounded body head into an inwardly directed shelf por-, tion thenrisingvertically from the inner terminus of saidshelfportion andmerginginto an outwardly directed smoothly, curvedbead and then slopingupwardly and inwardly to terminate in an outwardly turned uprightlydisposed open hem a slip cover mountable overmthe open top of. the bodyand having a vertical depending engageable in frictional annular, linecontact and yieldingly deformed slightly outward intermediately of theheight thereof by said smoothly curved head, said cover engaging saidhem to limit downward movement of the skirt and being provided at itslower terminus with an outwardly. turned open hem overlying and spacedabove said shelf to provide a space in which to receive a coin or otheropening tool.

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